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electron bombarded charge-coupled device comparison table

Subject	has definition	has acronym	is a kind of
charge-coupled device	Highly sensitive photoelectric devices that can electronically record the intensity and point of arrival of tiny amounts of light. CCDs are placed at the receiving end of telescopes, to "take pictures" of very faint astronomical objects; they have almost completely replaced photographic plates.	CCD	integrating detector
electron bombarded charge-coupled device	An imaging device containing a thin target material which emits electrons by the photoelectric effect when illuminated and then magnetically focuses these electrons to impact onto a silicon CCD where they generate a large charge.	EBCCD	charge-coupled device

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